Frontier legends meet in Norfolk to debate Custer fate
Six famed plainsmen Deadwood Dick Doc Carver Pawnee Bill Lute North Idaho Bill and Diamond Dick gathered in Norfolk Nebraska for a late night powwow to resolve disputed Little Big Horn history. They recounted battles with Indians and questioned Reno Crook and Custer fates while sharing memories from the Wild West era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Neb
Deadwood Dick
The
Big Horn
Montana
Diamond Dick
Buffalo Bill
Custer
Cosmopolitan
Buffalo Child
Lo Lance
Gene Custer
Little Big Horn
Major Reno
Long Lance
Canada
Ping
Bull
Sitting Bull
Lute
Doc” Carver
National Editors’ Association
Black Hills
R. H. Beerman
Carl Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
WJAG
Pawnee
Idaho Bill
Twain
Deadwood
Robert W. Clark
Wheeler
Dick” Clark
Wild Bill” Hickok
Calamity Jane
Wild Bill
Jack” McCall
Hickok
General Custer
Crook
Paderewski
Acthae
Jim Bridger
Dr. Carver
Dr. W. F. Carver
Carver
Col. W. F. Cody
Cody
Carver de Cody
Plains
America
Chooting
Europe
Edward VII
England
Kaiser Wilhelm
Franz Joseph
Austria
Charles R. Nordin
Omaha
Bill
Maj
Gordon Willie
Pawnee, Okla
Pawnee Bil
Gordon
Okla
O. O. Ment
Lillie
Oklahoma
cCapt
Columbus
West
Luther H. North
North
Terry
Crazy Horse
Captain North
Col. B. R. Pearson
Oregon Trail
Wyoming
Nate Kay Pearson
Adams County
Idaho
H. E., van Boening
Hastings
Chicago
Snake River Valley
Theodore Roosevelt
Pearson
Weiser
Richard J. Tanner
Dr. Tanner
Gyp
C. E. Burnham
Norfolk National Bank
Burnham
Mr. Burnham
Doctor Carver
Reno
Seenee
Gibbon
Godfrey
General Crook
Sharp
Washington
Kansas City
Kan
Deal
Telope
Kansas
Toey
Fort Totten
Ompson
Curley
Comanche
Riley
Plem
Ft. Meade
Northwestern Stage Company
Plem Butte
French
Will
Grant
Senate
Sherman
Army
Phil Sherman
Ft. Abe Lincoln
Carver—cCuster
Benteen
Yellowstone
Tion
Crazy Grass
Cutter
Charley the Fox
Custers
George
Tom
Boston
Rena
Woman Pioneer Visits Helena After 1864 Wagon Train
Mrs. Susan Woods of Seattle, 73, retraced her 1864 journey by wagon train to Last Chance Gulch. She recalled an Indian attack that killed seven companions, her father’s early mining days, and reunions with old Helena friends including Agnes Steele. Her son Odin L. Woods joined the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Woods
Seattle
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Odin L. Woods
Patrick Woods
South
Raleigh Street
Rothschild Ranch
Townsend
Woods
Broadwater County
Sap River
Agnes Steele
Stuart Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aine
7Th Cavalry
White Shield
Capt North
Captain Nocth
Horesback
Rosebud
George A. Custer
Magasine